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Postage Fee Category: postage fee classification dependent of the kind of shipment and / or sender

Postage Fee: postage fee for the transport of a postal shipment (tariff)

Local Postage Fee: postage fee for the transport of a postal shipment within a local delivery district

Neighboring Postage Fee: postage fee for the transport of a postal shipment to a nearby location

Inland Postage Fee: postage fee for the transport of a inland postal shipment

Foreign Postage Fee: postage fee for the transport of a postal shipment in cross-border traffic

Foreign Postal Shipment At Inland Post-age Fee: foreign postal shipment that was sent at inland postage fee (e.g. 4 million instead of 18 million mark)

Foreign Postal Shipment At Special Postage Fee: foreign postal shipment that was sent at a reduced foreign postage fee (e.g. 1.80 instead of 2.40 mark)

Customs Connection Area Special Post-age Fee: part of a national territory for which a special postal fee applies to certain foreign postal shipments due to traffic rea-sons (e.g. Kleines Walsertal) or its geograph-ical location (e.g., Büsingen)

Basic Postal Shipment Fee: postage fee charged for the transport of a basic postal shipment

Additional Service Postage Fee: postage fee charged for an additional service

Special Service Postage Fee: postage fee charged for a special service

Postage Fee Concession: basic postal shipment that may be sent at a reduced postal fee under certain conditions

Postage Fee reduction: quantity discount granted to a large consignor when submit-ting bulk mail

Postage-free: basic postal shipment that can be sent without paying postage

Official Shipment With Postage Fee: postal shipment sent by an authority to a customer who was required to pay the postage

Postage-free Official Shipment: postal shipment sent free of charge between two authorities or an authority and a customer

Postal Delivery Fee: postal fee charged for the delivery of a postal shipment to a recipi-ent

Postage Fee Based On Quantity And Weight: postage for large consignors where the total fee is calculated based on the quan-tity and total weight of a consignment (per kilo rate)